Indie music to listen to while I write in my diary?

May 3, 2009 12:43 PM

So I just watched the fourth episode of Scrubs season 8 with the song Close Your Eyes by Young Love. What are some other sissy-rock songs that are worth crying over (more Further by Longview than, I dunno, Nick Drake or something)?
posted by serak to Media & Arts (7 answers total)

Ooh, I loves me some sad bastard music! Here goes...

Bon Iver - For Emma
Elliott Smith - Waltz #2
Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins - You Are What You Love
posted by futureisunwritten at 3:25 PM on May 3, 2009

Here we go:

Snow Patrol - Run
Josh Canova - The Wish
British Sea Power - It ended on an oily stage
Peter Murphy - I'll fall with your knife
Glasvegas - Daddy's gone
The National - Fake empire
Lydia - December
The Verve Pipe - Freshman
Jose Gonzales - Heartbeats (Bonus: the Spitting Off Tall Buildings version)
Stellarstar - On my own
Bands of Horses - Is there a ghost
American Football - The summer ends
Biffy Clyro - As dust dances
Mobile - See right through me
Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
Strays Don't Sleep - For Blue Skies
posted by starzero at 4:04 PM on May 3, 2009 [3 favorites]

Best answer: Now I almost forgot one the best:
Iron & Wine - Upward over the mountain
posted by starzero at 4:17 PM on May 3, 2009 [1 favorite]

Also, Iron & Wine - Passing Afternoon
posted by leigh1 at 6:55 PM on May 3, 2009 [1 favorite]

most stuff off of Punk Goes Acoustic 2 could fall into this category.

you can hear most if not all of it here
posted by cmchap at 12:21 AM on May 4, 2009

The Sad Song by Fredo Viola.
posted by nomisxid at 8:30 AM on May 4, 2009

Response by poster: Great! Thanks for the suggestions - especially Iron & Wine
posted by serak at 7:48 AM on May 5, 2009